Thoughts on Money
“conventional budgeting methods rely on restriction, discipline, and perfectionism in a way that doesn’t work for people. They ignore an important truth about money: it’s meant to be spent.”
No-Buy Year? No Thanks.
Dana Miranda
A lot of financial mistakes come from trying to copy people who are different from you.
Collab Fund • Quiet Compounding
The whole article is great
You can't win a game if you don't know the rules of the game. You need to understand how money works. You need to understand how money moves. You need to understand how to use it as a tool. My whole mantra working with clients in financial services as an advisor isn't so much to tell people what to do, but to make sure they understand how things... See more
Maya Richard-Craven • Celebrity Financial Advisor Eszylfie Taylor Isn’t In It For The Money
Time matters. So much of the rat race that squeezes your free time means you have to spend loads of money on convenience purchases (woke up too late for the bus, had to take an Uber; no time to make dinner from scratch; etc) but even more importantly, if you do not have ample free time, you cannot learn how to be satisfied.
Writ on Water on Your Brain on Money
Neither he nor the others feel that the hunched shoulders and housing insecurity of their youth were good for their art. The “La Bohème” portrait of impoverished painters and poets was after all a description, not a prescription. “And at least they could afford the garret,” Jacobs-Jenkins says. “In New York, forget it.”
For Playwrights, Making It to Midcareer Is a Cliffhanger
Small Planet Institute co-founder Anna Lappé once said:
“Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want.”
The beautiful budget
"I just found this hammer. What should I do with it?"
Kind of a weird question, right? But it's just like asking "What should I do with this money?"
Well, uh...I dunno. That's not nearly enough information.
A hammer is a tool.
Money is a tool.
You have to get clear on what you're trying to accomplish in life before anyone can tell you what to do with... See more
Kind of a weird question, right? But it's just like asking "What should I do with this money?"
Well, uh...I dunno. That's not nearly enough information.
A hammer is a tool.
Money is a tool.
You have to get clear on what you're trying to accomplish in life before anyone can tell you what to do with... See more
"I just found this hammer. What should I do with it?" Kind of a weird question, right? But it's just like asking "What should I do with this money?" Well,...
That was our first lesson. To earn money, we did some house chores that we called “job-jobs”.
You could only do the paying “job-jobs” after your regular household chores.
She continued to build on this by talking to us about our futures and encouraging us to save to meet different goals instead of spending it all.
You could only do the paying “job-jobs” after your regular household chores.
She continued to build on this by talking to us about our futures and encouraging us to save to meet different goals instead of spending it all.